Combined scrubber and mop.



PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907.

P. S. THOMAS. COMBINED SORUBBER AND MOP.

APPLICATION IILBD-APR.14.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S..THOMAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO R. M. FORD, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

COMBINED SCRUBBER AND MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Application filed April 14. 1906. Serial No. 311,765.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. THOMAS, citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Combined Scrubbersand Mops, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a combined scrubber and mop in whichthe various elements cooperate in a peculiar manner so as to enable thedevice to be employed with equal facility for either of the purposesmentioned. The object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter comprising few and simple parts which are so designed as to bevery economically manufactured.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the mop cloth asswung under the brush; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the mop cloth aselevated in the position assumed for wringing; Fig. 3 is a top plan viewof the device when used as a scrubber; and, Fig. 4'is a side elevationof the device when used as a mop, the brush being removed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the handle of the device which is provided atits lower end With the head 2. This head 2 is provided with a socket 3by means of which it is connected to the handle and is in the nature ofa plate 4, to the lower face of which the head of the scrubbing brush 5is detachably connected. For this purpose, it will be observed that theforward end of the plate 4 is formed with an opening 6 havingcommunication with a rearwardly extending slot 7. The head of the brush5 is provided with a bolt 8, the head 9 of which is looped so as to forma finger piece and is adapted to be thrust through the opening 6 in theplate 4. A washer 10 is preferably employed in connectionwith the bolt 8and when the brush 5 is secured to the plate 4, the washer 10 and head?)of the bolt 8 are inserted through the openingfi in the plate 4 and thescrubbing brush 5 then slipped rearwardly so as to throw the shank ofthe bolt 8 into the slot 7. By turning the finger piece 9 and tighteningthe bolt 8, the brush can then be securely clamped in position. It willalso be observed that the rear edge of the plate 4 is pro vided atopposite sides with downward projections 11 which form shoulders againstwhich the head of the brush 5 fits when the brush is in position.

The mop holding member is in the form of a bail 12 which is 'pivotallyconnected to the head 2 and is adapted to be either swung forwardly soas to throw the mop cloth l3 under the brush 5 or hold up in the rear ofthe head 2 when it is desired to use the scrubbing brush 5. 'This bail12 comprises two longitudinal arms 141, the free ends of which con vergeslightly toward each other and are bent outwardly to form the lugs 15which are inserted in openings in the downwardly proj ecting members 11upon the plate. The opposite ends of the longitudinal members 14 areconnected by means of a loop 16 through which the mop cloth 13 ispassed. By reference to the drawings, it will be readily seen that thisbail can be very cheaply constructed from a single piece of wire orother similar material.

A sleeve 17 is slidably mounted upon the handle 1 and is formed with abracket 18 having a bearing 19 at the outer end thereof. A shaft 20 ismounted in the bearing 19 and is provided at its lower end with a hook21 to which the rear end of the mop cloth 13 is attached, and at itsupper end with a crank arm and handle 22. lVhen the sleeve 17 is slippeddown upon the handle 1 against the head 2, the' mop cloth 13 is loweredso as to enable the bail 12 to be swung forwardly and the deviceemployed as a mop, as shown in Fig. 1. On the other hand, when thesleeve 17 is moved upwardly upon the handle 1, the mop cloth 13 israised and the bail 12 pulled rearwardly so as to enable the device tobe used for scrubbing, as shown in Fig. 2.

. In order to hold the sleeve 17 against any rotary movement upon thehandle 1, when in a lowered position, a guideway is provided which isshown as in the nature of a rib 23 extending longitudinally along thehandle 1. In the present instance, the rib 23 is formed of a piece ofwire stretched longitudinally along the handle and having its oppositeends bent at approximately right angles and ward movement of the sleeve17.

can be readily moved up and down. However, when the sleeve'is movedabove the rib 23 and turned so as to, throw the groove 25 out ofregistry with the rib, it will be ap parent that it will be held in araised position. In order-to lock the sleeve against turning after ithas thus been raised, a notch 26 is provided upon its lower edge whichis adapted to engage with the upper portion of the rio 23. locked in araised position, the mop cloth 13 can be readily wrung by turning thehandle 22 and is also held in a raised position so as not to interferewith the operation of the scrubbing hrush 5'.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a combined scrubber and mop, the combination of a handle, a head atthe lower end of the handle, a scrubber carried by the head, a bailpivotally connected to the head and designed to be swung under thesameor upwardly along the handle, an outwardly projecting rib extendinglongitudinally along the handle, the said rib being formed of a When thesleeve is thussingle strip of material having the end porextendingentirely through the handle and projecting beyond the opposite side ofthe same, a sleeve slidably mounted upon the handle and formed with aninterior longitudinal groove to receive the before mentioned rib andprevent rotation of the sleeve upon the handle, the downward movement ofthe sleeve bring limited by the before mentioned lower end of the ribwhich extends through the handle and projects beyond the opposite faceof the same, and a notch being formed in the lower edge of the sleevewhich is designed to engage with the upper extremity of the rib and holdthe sleeve in an elevated position when the said sleeve has been movedupwardly beyond the rib and turned to throw the before mentioned groovetherein out of registry with the rib and the notch into engagement withthe upper end thereof, a bracket projecting from the sleeve, a shaftjournaled in the bracket and provided with a mop cloth engaging member,and a mop cloth connecting the bail and shaft.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo witnesses.

FRANK S. THOMAS. lVitnesses:

R. W, FORD, THOS. J. OSULLIVAN.

